This is not a real Continental Dollar. The genuine article would run at least $40 - $50,000 and more - much, much more for high grade pieces.
This collectible restrike is now sitting in my safe deposit box.
http://www.so-calleddollars.com/Events/Continental_Dollars.html
But it is a restrike of a fake! The dies used were made in the 1870's, not 1776. See Page 3 of
http://media.wix.com/ugd/e67427_323aa536568e4df7a3badd50f3366652.pdf
Fascinating degrees of reality, isn't it? Yet people collect these fakes and pay good money for them. This coin is not something that you'd find in a dealer's junk box - I paid $175.00 for it in 2014.
By the way, Jeff Shevlin is a collector, researcher and author who specializes in "So Called Dollars" (see link earlier). I liked that this particular coin came from his collection.
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nice piece, Dickesons dies have such a modern looking design when compared to the originals, it's difficult for me to describe them as copies, more like a personal interpretation.
ReplyDeleteI obtained an hk852-a (same dies as yours struck on .999ag) some years back, my interest spurred by coming across a period copy of the Continental Curency pewter while metal detecting (identification from metallurgic assay and expert exam).
I am amazed at the number of period fake king george hps (mostly GII) i recover while detecting, more so than regal issues.
Now i seek out period copies of all coins, it is an affordable and fascinating field.
latest additions are the mass cent and half cent restrikes by a mass coin dealer named 'evanson'
thought to be struck in the 1950s.
good stuff, thanks for sharing, Herbie.